The trial over the death of Argentine football star Diego Maradona is set to conclude today, as the last defense attorneys for the seven healthcare professionals accused of negligence in connection with his death in 2020 deliver their closing arguments. Maradona was 60.

The court will then recess to deliberate on the verdict, which has not yet been scheduled.

In earlier hearings this week, lawyers for the two main defendants, the former star’s lead medical advisor, Leopoldo Luque, and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, challenged the central premises of the prosecution’s case.

On Wednesday, Francisco Oneto, who represents Luque, questioned the prosecution’s smoking gun: the Medical Board’s report, which concluded that the star had died due to negligent medical care.

The board’s findings were a key piece of evidence for the prosecution but were later found to contain several errors, including the incorporation of test results from Maradona’s father, who was also named Diego, into its conclusions.

“If that’s evidence of anything, it’s that you should acquit [Luque],” he said, adding that Maradona was “cardiologically healthy” and that the prosecution’s version of events “was never proven.”

He also said that the decision to place Maradona in home care — in a house that was not properly prepared,........

© Buenos Aires Herald